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Electric vehicles are part of Shell's proposed green plan. Nick Birse / Wikimedia Commons Shell’s Green Plan Underwhelms Critics By Mitchell Beer A leading producer of fossil fuels, which last month announced its intention to reduce its contribution to the global warming stoked by society's prodigal consumption of its products, may now be feeling more backlash than praise. Shell 's green plan leaves some critics saying the group's figures don't add up very impressively. Royal Dutch Shell pledged last month to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2035 and 50 percent by 2050, while investing $1-2 billion per year in renewables , and electric vehicles between 2018 and 2020. The group said its announcement was a response to shareholder pressure and the targets in the Paris agreement on cutting emissions. "Tackling climate change is a cross-generational, global an...